Oliver Currall

Recent representative matters for Sidley clients include acting for:

• London-based private investment firm RoundShield Partners LLP on the successful raising of its fifth European special opportunities fund (Fund V).
• Apollo on the acquisition of Evri, one of the UK’s largest parcel delivery companies, from Advent International.
• Apollo, alongside consortium partner Rettig Oy Ab, on the tax aspects of its acquisition of Purmo Group (HEL: PURMO).
• International Game Technology PLC on the U.K. tax aspects of the spinoff of its Global Gaming and PlayDigital businesses in a deal valued at approximately US$6.2 billion.
• Stonepeak on its agreement with the AA, the leading provider of roadside assistance services in the UK and a successful insurance business, and the AA’s majority shareholders, TowerBrook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus. Per the agreement, Stonepeak will invest £450 million in the AA through a combination of common and preferred equity at an enterprise value of approximately £4 billion.
• Stanley Capital Partners on its investment in Roboyo.
• MML Capital in its strategic “GP Stake” transaction with Wafra and Investcorp.
• Westfield in its acquisition of Argo Group’s Lloyd’s of London operations.
• Commonwealth Asset Management and Shadowbox on a US $500 million strategic investment from Silver Lake.
• Pro Unlimited and EQT Private Equity on Pro Unlimited’s acquisition of Geometric Results.
• Northwood Investors on the sale of 20 Gracechurch Street in London.
• Apollo Global Management on its agreement to acquire Miller Homes, one of the UK’s leading homebuilders.
• KKR on its majority acquisition of Biosynth Carbosynth, a Swiss life sciences reagents and custom synthesis and manufacturing services company.
• Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm, on expanding the shareholder base of International Schools Partnership, a leading international group of K-12 schools.
• Travelex on its £385 million debt and equity restructuring.
• EQT Private Equity and Verdane on the tax and structuring aspects of the sale of Forsta (an industry-leading global provider of customer experience and market research technology) to Press Ganey.
• EQT Private Equity in the merger of its portfolio company, FocusVision, with Confirmit, a portfolio company of Verdane.
• EQT Partners in connection with its US$1 billion sale of Innovyze, Inc. to Autodesk, Inc.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners on the acquisition of the Azzurri Group.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners on the acquisition of CarTrawler.

• Member of the Managed Funds Association Tax Committee
• Oliver is one of three partners on Sidley’s UK Graduate Recruitment Committee